Clarion 1964-12-09 Vol 40 No 11

Eleven o'clock rule symposium features participants June Erick-son,
Barbara Rusche, Dean Effie Nelson, Judy Wiedemer, Barbara
Grounds and Dean Webster Muck. Bob Beckstrom led the discussion.
Volume XL—No. 11
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, December 9, 1964
Week's Convocations Feature
Editor Buttrick, Indian Wati
WANING RESOURCE CUTE
BETHEL COLLEGE
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Considers Rule
The 11 p.m. ruling was discuss-ed
in an open forum held on Mon-day
night, Nov. 30. Student Sen-ate
President Bob Beckstrom in-troduced
the issue and reviewed
the letters to the editor, editorial
and articles of the last four is-sues
of the CLARION.
He then called on June Erick-son,
editor of the CLARION. She
explained that things printed in
the paper do not necessarily re-flect
the opinion of the CLARION.
They are printed because they are
judged newsworthy. She added that
the CLARION did not start the
issue; it merely reported it.
"As stated in the editorial,"
she added, "the opinion of the
CLARION is that the problems
with the 11 p.m. rule should be
opened and investigated. We
have not said that the rule
should be suspended."
Beckstrom asked Miss Effie Nel-son,
Dean of Women, to speak.
She said that the rule was on trial
only for a semester and she felt
that it had not worked well in
Bodien, but had worked better in
Hagstrom.
Judy Wiedemer and Barbara
Grounds spoke for the Bodien and
Hagstrom dormitory councils. Miss
Wiedemer felt that "the fight a-bout
the 11 p.m. ruling was more
outside the dorm than inside."
Miss Grounds brought out the
difference in the physical struc-tures
of the two dorms. She also
stated that the "council agreed
it had worked well in Hagstrom
to have no 11 p.m. rule."
Barbara Rusche gave a commit-tee
report on dormitory regula-tions
of 34 schools investigated.
Of these schools, 24 had no room
rules. Eight had lights out rules,
but only three of these had room
rules as well.
Dean Webster Muck summed up
the symposium with the advice
that rules are necessary when stu-dents
are living together and
these rules should coincide with
the school's objectives.
The Senate concluded the even-ing's
discussion by voting that the
Bodien dormitory council "on its
own authority begin action to ad-just
to the problems cited tonight.
A report shall be given to the
Senate by the last meeting in
December, 1964."
Alan Gates, teacher and dean of
students at Christ's College on the
island of Formosa, presents higher
education on the mission field to
the World Missions Fellowship at
a dinner meeting Monday, Dec.
14.
Showing a series of slides on
the land of Formosa and its needs
and on the work at Christ's Col-lege,
Gates intends to challenge
Bethel students with the mission-ary
opportunities in higher educa-tion
in foreign lands.
Christ's College, where Gates
teaches English, Bible and Greek,
is a Christian liberal arts college,
giving B.A. and B.S. degrees.
About 200 students study under
25 faculty members who are,
"by and large, Christian men."
But Gates adds, "We are forced
to take some part time non-
Christian teachers."
About 60% of the students en-tering
Christ's College are Chris-tian,
but by the time they gradu-ate,
about 90% are Christians.
These students take three hours of
General editor of The Interpre-ter's
Bible, Dr. George A. Buttrick,
and the Executive Secretary of the
Evangelical Fellowship of India, I.
Ben Wati, will be the speakers at
the next two convocations at
Bethel.
Dr. Buttrick will speak this len-day
and Ben Wati will speak next
Tuesday. Dr. Buttrick speaks at
10 a.m. in the fieldhouse and at
2 p.m. in the seminary chapel. He
will also be present at the noon
luncheon to which students and,
faculty are invited. Those inter-ested
may sign up with Miss Flor-ence
Oman in the president's of-fice.
Wati will speak on the general
topic, "Evangelism in the Under,
developed World." He will speak
at 10 a.m. in the fieldhouse and at
3 p.m. in the college auditorium,
Bible per week, attend morning
and evening prayer meetings with
the faculty and attend daily chapel
services.
Christ's College also has mis-sionary
objectives that reach
outside its campus with an on
campus Foreign Missions Fel-lowship
and an outreach to local
villages on alternate weekends.
Students also work on radio pro-grams
which are sent into the
mountains of Formosa.
"We have some curriculum
problems," said Gates. "Our stu-dents
try to cover 25 hours in-stead
of the usual American 16 to
17 and they do only a shallow job.
We are trying to get them down
to 18 hours eventually, but right
now the average load is still as
high as 23 hours.
Telling more about Christ's Col-lege
and missionary's work in
higher education, Gates will speak
next Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
in the president's dining room.
Special invitations are being ex-
There will also be a noon luncheon
with Wati.
Dr. Buttrick is a graduate of
Lancaster, Ind. Theological Col-lege
and is ordained in the Con-gregational
Church. He is past
president of the Federal Council
of Church of Christ in America.
He is also the author of several
books and William Noble lecturer
at Harvard in 1962. Presently, he
is teaching at Northwestern Uni-versity.
Wati is the grandson of a head,
hunter and tribal chief in the Naga
Hills of Assam, India. His grand-father
was converted through a
Baptist missionary almost a hun-dred
years ago. Wati is a gradu-ate
of Calcutta University.
At Northern Baptist Seminary in
Chicago, where he was a student
at the same time as Dr. Paul Fin-lay
of Bethel he received his B.D.
Wati received his M.A. from Whea-tended
to those who made deci-sions
during Missions Week.
The revised Captain's Cabin
Charter passed at the Senate meet-ing
by a vote of 10 to 9 last week,
after amendments were introduc-ed
by Dave Johnson.
Those favoring the Cabin in the
Senate were represented by spokes-man,
Dave Mbiti. He said that
much of the prejudice against this
organization was based on false
rumor.
He felt that the arguments ques-tioning
the governing organization
and the goals of the cabin were
unsound because the chartering
board will review the club yearly
and fit can disapprove if the club
does not meet requirements. He
ton College. He will be one of the
speakers at the Inter-Varsity Mis-sionary
Convention, Dec. 27-31, in
Urbana, Illinois.
strongly urged the Senate to ap-prove
the charter.
Opposition to the Cabin was
brought out by Jim Keim. He saw
no need for chartering a club
strictly for the purpose of plan-ning
social events. "This type of
club looks to its own need only,
not outside itself."
When discussion was over, the
Senate voted by roll call in favor
of chartering Captain's Cabin 10
to 9 with 2 abstentions. President
Bob Beckstrom explained why the
charter passed after facing pre-vious
opposition.
"The new charter clarified the
status of non-members regarding
participation in meetings of the
club. 'Reservations shall be on the
first come-first served basis' and
`members shall have special rates,
which shall be less than the rate
of admission for non-members,
both rates being set by the govern-ing
body.'
"Another change was the addi-tion
of an impeachment clause for
removal of members of the govern-ing
body.
"I think it highly significant
that not one person took issue with
what the cabin has in fact done
in its two meetings so far and that
supporters of the Cabin expressed
enough interest to attend several
Senate meetings in force and en-ough
spirit of co-operation to a-mend
points of controversy and
clarify points of misunderstand-ing."
Senate approval does not insure
complete chartering. Captain's
Cabin now awaits review by the
Student Personnel Committee.
Senate decided to buy 50 trays
from the dining hall for traying
purposes at $.50 each with the Stu-dent
Services office paying half.
These trays will go on sale today
in the Senate office for $.25 each.
Students may trade their old trays
for the new Senate models.
Henry Keynotes
Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, editor
of Christianity Today, will be
keynote speaker at the Mid-West
Region Convention of the Ameri-can
Association of Evangelical
Students at Bethel Jan. 7-9. Con-vention
co-chairmen announce
plans for Dr. Henry to speak to
the entire student body during
the convention.
Bethel College Learning Resource Centel
Senators Pass
Cabin Charter
Dean of Christ's College, Formosa
To Speak at Missions Fellowship
Community trays may solve future tray shortages as Dave Mbiti
and Bob Beckstrom experiment. This type may be used to sled down)
hills too, but isn't as good as the real thing.
Dining Hall Suspends
Tray Service Briefly
by John Halvorsen
Last Friday at 6:45 a.m., Mrs. Alice Johnson, Bethel Food Service
manager, after consultation with Dean Muck, discontinued tray service
Li the dining hall. The tray drought continued until 5 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 5.
Concerning the reason for the drastic action taken, Mrs. Johnson
said, "We have reason to believe that there are a number of trays in
the dormitories. We don't feel that the food service is responsible for
supplying athletic equipment and if we don't do something now, at
the rate of trays are disappearing half of them may be missing by
winter."
When asked about the possibility of returning the trays for student
use, Mrs. Johnson said that service would be renewed when a "goodly
number of trays had been returned." With further questioning that
goodly number became 30-50 trays.
Mrs. Johnson said that her concern is primarily prompted by the
fact that the school is spending many dollars in equipment that is not
necessary. The hundreds of glasses found in the dormitories during
spring cleanup was cited as a case in point.
Mrs. Johnson had no word concerning the inconvenience weekend
campus guests, the Northwestern College Speech Choir for example, ex-perienced,
because of no trays. She did say, however, that she didn't
want to be a tyrant in the matter and would like to see the tray service
resumed as soon as possible.
Student reactions to this disci-plinary
action were varied. Some
raised questions concerning health
regulations governing the removal
of trays
It has become apparent in the last few weeks that many
CLARION readers think that the CLARION supports or advo-cates
all opinions, ideas or situations which appear on its
pages. People who think this are misunderstanding the motives
of the newspaper staff.
Because the CLARION is the only newspaper on campus,
having a monopoly of the press, its staff does not feel that
it can justify using agreement with personal opinion as the
criteria for publishing an article.
When the editors choose whether or not to put something
into print, they do not ask themselves, "Does this statement
agree with my own ideas?" But they do ask themselves "Is
this statement of significance to the campus community which
the CLARION serves?"
By "significance" they mean that the opinion, idea or
situation in question is either of interest to people living and
working on a Christian liberal arts campus or it is information
needed for making decisions.
Admittedly, newspaper editors do make value judgments
about the kinds of things they publish, but the judgment is
not so much what people should think but what they should
know.
Now the editor does reserve some space to express his
personal opinion and to try to convince his readers to agree
with him—that's what I'm doing right here.
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Page 2 President Reports Pros, Cons
Editor Defines Motives, Of Federal Aid to Education
Purposes of Newspaper
the CLARION Wednesday, December 9, 1964
Excerpts from "President's Report '63-64"
The increasing influence of the Federal Govern-ment
in education can be seen by the fact that last
year it paid eighteen per cent of the total operating
costs of higher education in America.
As a matter of policy, Federal agencies have
not often, if ever, sought to distinguish between
public and church related schools at the level of
higher education. They have viewed higher education
as a whole and have made benefits equally available
to both types of institutions.
Nevertheless, the implications for the church-related
college in taking advantage of this Federal
generosity needs to be explored carefully. Federal
aid for Bethel must be evaluated essentially in the
light of its religious significance.
Even Baptist institutions are not related alike to
their parent bodies. Few are like Bethel in being
linked organizationally so directly to their supporting
church groups that their very life depends upon
annual action by the denomination.
While the issues raised by availability of Fed-eral
aid to higher education are legitimate concerns
of all types of Baptist institutions, they probably are
more crucial for those operating under the greatest
amount of church control. Certainly such a college
can be seen clearly as a religious institution as well
as an educational one and thus as an instrument
of the church.
To what extent ought Bethel to participate in
the various forms of Federal aid now open to it?
Any answer to this question must come from con-sideration
of each form of government assistance.
CONTRACTURAL SERVICE. This includes outright
grants for research and service under such agencies
as the National Science Foundation, the Atomic
Energy Commission and R.O.T.C. It normally is
viewed as contract for service rendered to the gov-ernment
and constitutes a simple business arrange-ment.
The state is actually subsidized by the church
rather than the church by the state.
There are two practical dangers in this arrange-ment
that must be guarded against. Gradual changes
may take place in the curriculum in order to make
the school eligible for such contracts. Currently the
demand calls for a greater emphasis upon science
than upon the humanities which traditionally have
bulwarked the religious objectives of an undergra-duate
program.
Also, financial reliance may be developed upon
government contracts to such an extent that the
very life of the institutions may be threatened if
and when they are terminated.
FEDERAL LOANS. Since 1951 the Federal gov-ernment
has made available two billion dollars in
loans to help colleges and universities expand their
physical facilities. These loans have been for the
construction of dormitories and other self amortiz-ing
buildings that would eventually be repaid out
of student fees.
While this put the government a little more
deeply into the banking business, the granting of
such loans has not necessarily constituted a breach
in the wall of separation of church and state. Orrin
Cornent, a staff member of the Office of Education
and a Baptist familiar with our church-state con-cerns,
has insisted that no actual subsidy is involved.
Because of the government's ability to borrow
money at prime rates lower than commercial in-stitutions
and the lack of necessity of making a
profit, a net advantage can accrue to participating
non-profit organizations without this constituting a
subsidy.
It is on this basis that Bethel financed the last
two dormitory additions on its present campus by
borrowing $350,000 from the Federal government.
Most of its long-range planning has been done on
the presumption that up to $5 mil-lion
of similar funds would be
borrowed for the new campus.
OUTRIGHT FEDERAL GRANTS.
This includes money which ha4
been available for the purchase of
equipment under the National Sci-ence
Foundation program and
funds that will soon be available
under the terms of the Education-al
Facilities Act.
These could be applied to cer-tain
buildings not used for re-ligious
functions. But, in a bibli-cal
view of life, can one separate
the religious from the non-re-ligious
in our kind of school.
Can courses in such fields as the
biological sciences, which are
considered by the government
to be non-religious in nature, be
taught on a Christian campus a-part
from a theistic and biblical
viewpoint? Is not this biblical
integration the very "raison
d'etre" of schools such as Bethel?
Moreover, even if such a sep-aration
between the religious and
the academic were possible so that
cont'd. on page 3
by John Halvorsen
United Nations ...
The General Assembly opened
its 1964 session after having nar-rowly
avoided a long-threatened
showdown between the United
States and Russia over unpaid
Soviet assessments. The clash was
averted by a plan to by-pass vot-ing.
NATO ...
A new and sharp discrepancy
between NATO and France was
disclosed in Paris when Defense
Minister Pierre Messmer announc-ed
that if France's territory was
ever attacked by a major enemy
force, she would automatically re-taliate
with her nuclear weapons.
Vietnam ...
President Johnson discussed pro-posals
for expanding the war in
Vietnam, then directed Ambassa-dor
Maxwell D. Taylor to "consult
urgently" with the Government of
South Vietnam on measures to
improve the anti-Communist strug-gle
within that nation.
Congo ...
The Congolese Government is
winning back control of the deso-lated
former rebel capital of
Stanleyville with rocket attacks on
rebel troops and a roundup of
10,000 Africans there in a secur-ity
check.
Civil Rights ...
Federal agents swept into sev-eral
Mississippi towns to make ar-rests
in connection with the slay-ing
of three civil rights workers
last summer. A Mississippi sheriff
and his deputy were among the
more than twenty picked up.
Minnesota Reapportionment ...
The current apportionment of
Minnesota legislative districts was
ruled unconstitutional by a panel
of three United States judges. The
ruling directed the 1965 legislature
to adjust district boundaries so
state senators and representatives
will represent approximately the
same number of constituents.
Dear Editor:
I was fascinated by Dave Buck's
article on "Problem Areas in Min-istry
to Modern World" in the
Volume XL—No. 10 issue of THE
CLARION incorrectly dated Dec.
25, 1964.
I am inclined to believe that
the church is not as bad as Buck
seems to think that it is.
The place of the church in sex
education is still an open question.
True, the church must be conver-sant
with problems of morality
such as this and seek to give edu-cation
and leadership as may seem
necessary. However, the church is
not primarily a zoology classroom,
C.Y.F. materials coming out of
Rev. Gunnar Hoglund's office in
Chicago have, at least, begun to
give help in this area. There are
many other indications that many
churches are seeking to deal with
this matter openly and honestly.
Much could be said about the
other points of criticism which
Buck raises, but time will not per-mit
extensive consideration. How-ever,
in my own situation here I
attempted to deal with Sartre's
philosophy in a recent sermon.
There is one bright and yet tra-gic
spot in the article—Buck clas-sifies
himself as a Christian as
one who chooses to remain with
the group who "remain phonies."
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth E. Kolmodin
Pastor of Minneonka Baptist
Church
Miksa Objects
Dear Editor:
Regarding Dave Buck's article
on the failure of the Church to-ward
the individual, I make these
observations: The essence of his
criticism was that the Church does
not understand "me" within the
modern world that "I" see. In not
understanding who "I" am, it can
neither minister to me nor can
it help me to find my ministry
within its framework.
There is no missing the fact
that this sort of criticism finds a
ready forum at Bethel, a good in-dication
that students have a holy
uneasiness. The publications, the
Senate controversies, the fine arts
and the valedictory addresses evi-dence
this. What is missing is the
next logical step; that is, ministry.
We are often harsh with our
tradition. It is to be expected.
Of course, we should not sell
our tradition too short. It has
come through hard times along
with the rest of the American
Church.
Controversy, the atomic age, mo-dern
political warfare, shifting
philosophical foundations and af-fluency
have all taken their toll.
In addition it has turned from
provincialism to the modern soc-iety.
But, rightly, we must be hon-est
about its irrelevance.
But the answer can never be as
simple as the let-down paragraph
so many of our criticisms suggest:
"Well, every man shift for himself."
"Let us re-evaluate our faith-re-vamp
it." Our faith is not a com-modity
that we manipulate. It is
ethical man before God and among
This is not specifically an ad-vertisement
for Seminary recruit-ment,
although God knows we need
that. But my observation is simply
this: That criticism, if serious, sug-gests
the knowledge of responsi-bility.
It is not enough to suggest
an individualist answer with over-tones
of the platitudes of sacrifice.
The next logical step from criti-cism
is ministry.
Corrects Letter
Dear Editor:
I was in error when I mention-ed
in a previous letter that a
letter had been sent to Miss Wells'
parents. No such letter had been
sent. For this misconception on
my part, I apologize. However, this
does not in any way change the
import of my letter that a stu-dent's
right to criticize should be
upheld by everyone.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Rynkiewich
Like Festival
Dear Editor:
We would like to take this op-portunity
to extend our apprecia-tion
to the Festival Choir for a
most magnificent concert. This
truly was a Christian witness wor-thy
of compliment.
Thank you,
J. David Patterson
Bernie E. Johnson
Wednesday, December 9
Intramural basketball. Fieldhouse. 7 p.m.
Friday, December 11
Convocation. Buttrick. Fieldhouse. 10 a.m.
Col lege aud. 7 p.m.
Basketball. Northwestern. Fieldhouse. 8
p.m.
Saturday, December 12
Sophomore work day.
Wrestling. St. Paul Bible.
Basketball. Sioux Falls. Fieldhouse. 8 p.m.
Monday, December 14
W.M.F. President's dining room. 6 p.m.
Senate. Col lege aud. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15
Convocation. Wati. Fieldhouse. 10 a.m.
Basketball. Stout State.
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Letters to the Editor:
Pastor Takes Issue with 'Cited Problems'
men. It is "we" fully responsible
within the holy community.
"We" respond by ministry in
its many forms and in all its
creative energy. And we respond
knowing that the call of God is
first to his purposes and then
to a vocation that gives adequate
outlet for those purposes as they
exist within our lives. Why not
then respond by ministry within
that tradition?
Sincerely
Francis Miksa
Carole Lundquist explains theme writing to her senior students at
Central High School. The former Bethel actress is cast as an English;
teacher in the Education Department's current production, "Student
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Student Teachers Integrate
Knowledge with Experience
"The new system promises to be
a big step forward in up-grading
our teacher education program at
Bethel," Dr. Junet Runbeck said
about the new professional semes-ter
system being initiated for stu-dent
teachers at the secondary
level.
Next year the first senior semes-ter
will be divided into two eight
and a half week periods. Begin-ning
with the opening of public
schools in September, student tea-chers
may spend the first half of
the semester solely in observing
and teaching.
During the second eight and a
half week period students will re-sume
courses such as a senior
Christianity study or an indepen-dent
study in their major field.
However, the block of curriculum
during the second half of the sem-ester
would be very concentrated
to meet the requirements of the
course. For example, a three credit
Christianity course would meet
Monday through Friday.
A concurrent schedule of course
study first, and then, student tea-weait
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Student teaching provides more
than an opportunity to integrate
classroom knowledge with practi-cal
experience, it creates a situa-tion
in which prospective teachers
examine a classroom situation
from the other side of the podium,
testing one's capabilities in bring-ing
the subject matter to the stu-dent.
"I thought I would be able to
cover a lot more material than I
President Tells
Aid Pros, Cons
cont'd. from page 2
one could underwrite a science
building with Federal funds be-cause
religion is not taught in it,
would this not free church funds
for the construction of a chapel
and other religious buildings?
Also, it must be remembered
that the ultimate issue of poten-tial
Federal control has not been
resolved. It seems almost inevitable
that the religious concerns of pri-vate
institutions availing them-selves
of Federal grants will face
at some time the possibility of
Federal influence or control.
This has been evidenced al-ready
in hospitals using Federal
grants under the Hill .Burton act.
By declining to review a case
decided by the U.S. Court of
Appeals, the Supreme Court said
recently that private hospitals
that have received Hill-Burton
grants must be regulated by pub-lic
policy regarding discrimina-tion.
While I am glad for every hos-pital
that is open to Negro patients
and doctors, it seems to me that
it is not a long step from this form
of Federal coercion in matters of
selective admission to hospitals ac-cording
to race to selective admis-sions
in college according to
creed.
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can," says Carole Lundquist, prac-tice
teacher at Central High in
St. Paul. "I find that I have to go
at a much slower pace than I'm
used to from college level work.
Carole is teaching English to a
lower ability group at Central,
generally from lower-income brac-ket
families. Some of the stu-dents
have been in detention
homes and almost every week one
of her students is suspended from
school.
"I have been exposed to some
almost unbelievable family situa-tions,"
says Carole. At least half
of the parents of the students in
her classes are divorced.
As the result of a creative writ-ing
unit which the class had she
was made keenly aware of some
of the real-life situations of her
students. As an example, she re-calls
one girl writing about see-ing
her drunken boyfriend smash-ed
between two cars and killed.
When asked if or how her ex-perience
has affected her plans to
teach Carole replied "I was never
really sure—and I'm still not now.
I don't really love it that much."
From her student teaching she has
gained a lot of respect for high
school teachers. According to
Carole they need "a lot of energy
and a good sense of humor."
Bill Carlson is student teaching
at Sibly High in West St. Paul
under a type of program called
"team teaching." Every Tuesday
and Thursday he has small dis-cussion
groups of the 11th grade
European history course. These
groups are divided by achievement
and Bill has the "C" group, in
which a concentration is placed on
the basic material.
When asked about his first day
with the class Bill admitted it did
"throw" him a little when after
about fifteen minutes the assist-ant
principal came in with seven
other high school principals "to
observe the team teaching meth-od."
His general impression of
his teaching experience is that
"on the whole it has been just
great."
ching during the second eight and
a half weeks will also run during
the professional semester. The
Education Department already has
elementary education courses in a
professional semester. Such a
block of courses is also open to
those not majoring in education.
Advantages for the professional
semester are numerous according
to Dr. Runbeck. First, student
teaching won't interfere with choir
tour, drama tours or other second
semester activities. Second, the
student, finished with his student
teaching, can make early applica-tion
for a teaching position. And
third, while student teaching, the
student won't have to prepare for
other classes and tests.
with Ron Harris
The Pep Band struck up the Gillette "Look Sharp" song, the Royal
Lion made his first appearance, but neither could erase the uneasy
feeling that one gets before the first home game. Little sweat beads
form on your palms, you shift restlessly in your seat watching the
team go through their opening warm-ups. All your hope rests with
them. If they do well, you yell your approval; if they falter, you
sympathize.
There was room for both in the second home basketball game.
There were flashes of brilliance and tedious low points. Co-captains
Don Moore and Jerry Moulton, along with Bob Nolin, Dave Bjorklund
and Rich Nelson made up the starting five. They moved well, got the
open shots, but missed.
Time and again the Luther defense teamed up on Moore, the
Royal's big center. Ofensively, they utilized an overloaded baseline
to score fairly consistently. In the second half, when the Royals
caught on to the baseline play, the Iowans suddenly shifted and hit
outside shots like they were going out of style.
Now here is the brilliant thing: The Royals continued to fight!
George Palke, who was never better, came off the bench early and
personally kept the St. Paul Club in the ball game. Edgar Peterman
was all over the court, as was Doug Kelly, the other reserve guard.
Dick Robertson, the only freshman on the team, came in and did a
fine job.
At times in the second half no one could have touched the
Royals. It was as if Healy had set a match under them and they
ignited. The result was a well-earned 76-75 victory. When a ball team
doesn't quit, in spite of nervous mistakes, errors, etc., it deserves
recognition.
If the Royals' play is to be commended, the fans deserve absolutely
nothing. It is a fine thing to talk about sportsmanship, Christian testi-mony
and all the rest, but it is apparently quite another matter when
it comes to your team's winning or losing.
Two or three times Luther men were at the free throw line in
the last minute of play and the fans were simply obnoxious. They
booed, shouted and stamped their feet. When Bjorklund and Palke
went to the line for Bethel, silence swept the gym. I am ashamed that
Bethel is represented in this manner. Some testimony!
Firing a jump shot is Rich Nelson, forward on the Bethel basket-ball
team. The occasion was one of numerous scrimmages the Royals
played before the season officially began. The Royals are now 3-1 for
the season and they face challengers from Northwestern and Sioux Falls
this weekend.
Grapplers Stumble at Concordia,
Macalester in Opening Matches
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The Bethel Royals basketball
team encountered a strong La-
Crosse, Wisconsin five in the
opening game of the season, losing
99-79.
Bethel bouncel back three nights
later and pulled a close ball game
out of the fire in the waning sec-onds
to defeat Luther of Iowa,
76-75.
The Royals drew first blood
after Don Moore's tip to Bob
Nolin to begin the action. Mid-way
through the first half Bethel
had fallen behind 19-9, but fine
shots by Palke, Moore and Nolin
pulled the Royals to a 22-17 defi-cit.
The Norsemen, not to be out-done,
started a resurgence of their
own, but the Royals kept in close
pursuit. Short shots by Dick Rob-ertson,
Palke and Moore brought
the Royals within one point, 28-27.
Dave Bjorklund hit two free
throws to bring the Royals to a
31-29 score, but Luther then
jumped off to a quick 37-29 mar-gin
on two fast breaks and a
pair of free throws. Bjorklund
canned two more gift shots to
make the halftime score 43-33.
Coach Healy's fired-up hustlers
came out for the second half with
a new display of spirit and show-manship
which eventually turned
the tide.
Nolin popped in six points,
Ron Nelson tipped a two pointer
and then flipped in a turn-around
jumper. Palke threw in two
more from the charity stripe
and the Royals found themselves
only one point behind, 50-49.
The Iowans perked up their de-fense
and stole the ball three
times, fast broke and pulled a-head,
56-52.
The determined Royals slow-ly
whittled away until with only
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2:35 remaining they shaved the
margin to 70-68. Peterman stole
the ball, dribbled alone down the
court and tied the score. Bedlam
broke loose in the stands.
Luther proved they weren't
through by scoring two points the
next time down court. Palke scor-ed
in grand style with a turn a-round
jump shot, followed by Doug
Kelly's steal and the Royals jump-ed
ahead, 74-72.
Palke went to the line with a
one and one situation and missed
the first shot, but big Moore re-bounded
and flipped the ball in
to cement the victory. Final?
Bethel 76, Luther 75.
The Royal's wrestling team open-ed
the season against Macalester
by dropping a 19-12 meet.
Bob Baffa, wrestling in the 123
lb. division, and Doug Holm in the
Gibson Named
NAIA All-Star
Duane Gibson, a three year let-terman
on the Bethel football team
has been selected end on the 1964
National Association of Intercolleg-iate
Athletics (NAIA) District 13
(Minnesota) All-Star football team.
Players from the Minnesota In-tercollegiate
Athletic Conference
dominated the two teams, a total
of 13 being chosen. Bemidji State,
Concordia and St. John's dominat-ed
the number chosen.
Gibson, who caught seven touch-down
passes this year, was the
only person chosen from the Pio-neer
Conference. The other offen-sive
end chosen was Paul Brynte-son,
a standout member of Con-cordia's
unbeaten Cobbers.
130 lb. class, were pinned. Loren
Christiansen gained a 2-0 victory
in the 137 lb. division while Doug
King lost 3-0 in the 147 lb. bracket.
Steve Pearson won handily 7-0.
John Benson lost 4 to 3, as did
Denny Rossi by the same score.
The winning tide was turned
by Warren Johnson who won a
2-0 decision in the 191 weight
class. Leroy Nelson duplicated
Johnson's score as he outlasted
his opponent.
The Royals grappled against
Concordia on Saturday and were
Cagers Await
Weekend Games
The Bethel Royals basketball
team will be seeking to extend its
three game winning streak this
week-end, when they face North-western
of Iowa and Sioux Falls
College. The games are scheduled
for Friday and Saturday nights re-spectively,
and will begin at 8 p.m.
in the fieldhouse.
The Royals, suffering only one
setback thus far, have defeated
Luther College, Northwestern and
Sioux Falls. Playing Northwestern
and Sioux Falls on consecutive
week-ends, the Royals will be at-tempting
a re-run of their pre-vious
two victories.
The Bethel cagers racked up 92
points, their highest of the sea-son,
in defeating Sioux Falls, and
if the repeat performance matches
that total, this week-end should
be a great one for basketball lov-ers.
again defeated, this time 16-12.
Bethel dropped the first two
matches as Bob Baffa was beat-en
7-4 and Denny Wengt was
pinned in the third period. The
Royals then won three in a row,
as co-captains Ron Harris and
Doug King began to turn the
tide. Harris won 5-3 and King
outscored his opponent 3-1. Steve
Pearson then won a 3-1 decision.
John Benson, wrestling in the
167 lb. division, lost 9-5 and Denny
Rossi was pinned in the second
period. Warren Johnson had a bye,
but Leroy Nelson outlasted his foe
for a 2-0 decision.
The first home meet will be
held Friday, Dec. 11, in the gym-nasium
against St. Paul Bible Col-lege.
The meet will begin at 4 p.m.
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Eleven o'clock rule symposium features participants June Erick-son,
Barbara Rusche, Dean Effie Nelson, Judy Wiedemer, Barbara
Grounds and Dean Webster Muck. Bob Beckstrom led the discussion.
Volume XL—No. 11
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, December 9, 1964
Week's Convocations Feature
Editor Buttrick, Indian Wati
WANING RESOURCE CUTE
BETHEL COLLEGE
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Considers Rule
The 11 p.m. ruling was discuss-ed
in an open forum held on Mon-day
night, Nov. 30. Student Sen-ate
President Bob Beckstrom in-troduced
the issue and reviewed
the letters to the editor, editorial
and articles of the last four is-sues
of the CLARION.
He then called on June Erick-son,
editor of the CLARION. She
explained that things printed in
the paper do not necessarily re-flect
the opinion of the CLARION.
They are printed because they are
judged newsworthy. She added that
the CLARION did not start the
issue; it merely reported it.
"As stated in the editorial,"
she added, "the opinion of the
CLARION is that the problems
with the 11 p.m. rule should be
opened and investigated. We
have not said that the rule
should be suspended."
Beckstrom asked Miss Effie Nel-son,
Dean of Women, to speak.
She said that the rule was on trial
only for a semester and she felt
that it had not worked well in
Bodien, but had worked better in
Hagstrom.
Judy Wiedemer and Barbara
Grounds spoke for the Bodien and
Hagstrom dormitory councils. Miss
Wiedemer felt that "the fight a-bout
the 11 p.m. ruling was more
outside the dorm than inside."
Miss Grounds brought out the
difference in the physical struc-tures
of the two dorms. She also
stated that the "council agreed
it had worked well in Hagstrom
to have no 11 p.m. rule."
Barbara Rusche gave a commit-tee
report on dormitory regula-tions
of 34 schools investigated.
Of these schools, 24 had no room
rules. Eight had lights out rules,
but only three of these had room
rules as well.
Dean Webster Muck summed up
the symposium with the advice
that rules are necessary when stu-dents
are living together and
these rules should coincide with
the school's objectives.
The Senate concluded the even-ing's
discussion by voting that the
Bodien dormitory council "on its
own authority begin action to ad-just
to the problems cited tonight.
A report shall be given to the
Senate by the last meeting in
December, 1964."
Alan Gates, teacher and dean of
students at Christ's College on the
island of Formosa, presents higher
education on the mission field to
the World Missions Fellowship at
a dinner meeting Monday, Dec.
14.
Showing a series of slides on
the land of Formosa and its needs
and on the work at Christ's Col-lege,
Gates intends to challenge
Bethel students with the mission-ary
opportunities in higher educa-tion
in foreign lands.
Christ's College, where Gates
teaches English, Bible and Greek,
is a Christian liberal arts college,
giving B.A. and B.S. degrees.
About 200 students study under
25 faculty members who are,
"by and large, Christian men."
But Gates adds, "We are forced
to take some part time non-
Christian teachers."
About 60% of the students en-tering
Christ's College are Chris-tian,
but by the time they gradu-ate,
about 90% are Christians.
These students take three hours of
General editor of The Interpre-ter's
Bible, Dr. George A. Buttrick,
and the Executive Secretary of the
Evangelical Fellowship of India, I.
Ben Wati, will be the speakers at
the next two convocations at
Bethel.
Dr. Buttrick will speak this len-day
and Ben Wati will speak next
Tuesday. Dr. Buttrick speaks at
10 a.m. in the fieldhouse and at
2 p.m. in the seminary chapel. He
will also be present at the noon
luncheon to which students and,
faculty are invited. Those inter-ested
may sign up with Miss Flor-ence
Oman in the president's of-fice.
Wati will speak on the general
topic, "Evangelism in the Under,
developed World." He will speak
at 10 a.m. in the fieldhouse and at
3 p.m. in the college auditorium,
Bible per week, attend morning
and evening prayer meetings with
the faculty and attend daily chapel
services.
Christ's College also has mis-sionary
objectives that reach
outside its campus with an on
campus Foreign Missions Fel-lowship
and an outreach to local
villages on alternate weekends.
Students also work on radio pro-grams
which are sent into the
mountains of Formosa.
"We have some curriculum
problems," said Gates. "Our stu-dents
try to cover 25 hours in-stead
of the usual American 16 to
17 and they do only a shallow job.
We are trying to get them down
to 18 hours eventually, but right
now the average load is still as
high as 23 hours.
Telling more about Christ's Col-lege
and missionary's work in
higher education, Gates will speak
next Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
in the president's dining room.
Special invitations are being ex-
There will also be a noon luncheon
with Wati.
Dr. Buttrick is a graduate of
Lancaster, Ind. Theological Col-lege
and is ordained in the Con-gregational
Church. He is past
president of the Federal Council
of Church of Christ in America.
He is also the author of several
books and William Noble lecturer
at Harvard in 1962. Presently, he
is teaching at Northwestern Uni-versity.
Wati is the grandson of a head,
hunter and tribal chief in the Naga
Hills of Assam, India. His grand-father
was converted through a
Baptist missionary almost a hun-dred
years ago. Wati is a gradu-ate
of Calcutta University.
At Northern Baptist Seminary in
Chicago, where he was a student
at the same time as Dr. Paul Fin-lay
of Bethel he received his B.D.
Wati received his M.A. from Whea-tended
to those who made deci-sions
during Missions Week.
The revised Captain's Cabin
Charter passed at the Senate meet-ing
by a vote of 10 to 9 last week,
after amendments were introduc-ed
by Dave Johnson.
Those favoring the Cabin in the
Senate were represented by spokes-man,
Dave Mbiti. He said that
much of the prejudice against this
organization was based on false
rumor.
He felt that the arguments ques-tioning
the governing organization
and the goals of the cabin were
unsound because the chartering
board will review the club yearly
and fit can disapprove if the club
does not meet requirements. He
ton College. He will be one of the
speakers at the Inter-Varsity Mis-sionary
Convention, Dec. 27-31, in
Urbana, Illinois.
strongly urged the Senate to ap-prove
the charter.
Opposition to the Cabin was
brought out by Jim Keim. He saw
no need for chartering a club
strictly for the purpose of plan-ning
social events. "This type of
club looks to its own need only,
not outside itself."
When discussion was over, the
Senate voted by roll call in favor
of chartering Captain's Cabin 10
to 9 with 2 abstentions. President
Bob Beckstrom explained why the
charter passed after facing pre-vious
opposition.
"The new charter clarified the
status of non-members regarding
participation in meetings of the
club. 'Reservations shall be on the
first come-first served basis' and
`members shall have special rates,
which shall be less than the rate
of admission for non-members,
both rates being set by the govern-ing
body.'
"Another change was the addi-tion
of an impeachment clause for
removal of members of the govern-ing
body.
"I think it highly significant
that not one person took issue with
what the cabin has in fact done
in its two meetings so far and that
supporters of the Cabin expressed
enough interest to attend several
Senate meetings in force and en-ough
spirit of co-operation to a-mend
points of controversy and
clarify points of misunderstand-ing."
Senate approval does not insure
complete chartering. Captain's
Cabin now awaits review by the
Student Personnel Committee.
Senate decided to buy 50 trays
from the dining hall for traying
purposes at $.50 each with the Stu-dent
Services office paying half.
These trays will go on sale today
in the Senate office for $.25 each.
Students may trade their old trays
for the new Senate models.
Henry Keynotes
Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, editor
of Christianity Today, will be
keynote speaker at the Mid-West
Region Convention of the Ameri-can
Association of Evangelical
Students at Bethel Jan. 7-9. Con-vention
co-chairmen announce
plans for Dr. Henry to speak to
the entire student body during
the convention.
Bethel College Learning Resource Centel
Senators Pass
Cabin Charter
Dean of Christ's College, Formosa
To Speak at Missions Fellowship
Community trays may solve future tray shortages as Dave Mbiti
and Bob Beckstrom experiment. This type may be used to sled down)
hills too, but isn't as good as the real thing.
Dining Hall Suspends
Tray Service Briefly
by John Halvorsen
Last Friday at 6:45 a.m., Mrs. Alice Johnson, Bethel Food Service
manager, after consultation with Dean Muck, discontinued tray service
Li the dining hall. The tray drought continued until 5 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 5.
Concerning the reason for the drastic action taken, Mrs. Johnson
said, "We have reason to believe that there are a number of trays in
the dormitories. We don't feel that the food service is responsible for
supplying athletic equipment and if we don't do something now, at
the rate of trays are disappearing half of them may be missing by
winter."
When asked about the possibility of returning the trays for student
use, Mrs. Johnson said that service would be renewed when a "goodly
number of trays had been returned." With further questioning that
goodly number became 30-50 trays.
Mrs. Johnson said that her concern is primarily prompted by the
fact that the school is spending many dollars in equipment that is not
necessary. The hundreds of glasses found in the dormitories during
spring cleanup was cited as a case in point.
Mrs. Johnson had no word concerning the inconvenience weekend
campus guests, the Northwestern College Speech Choir for example, ex-perienced,
because of no trays. She did say, however, that she didn't
want to be a tyrant in the matter and would like to see the tray service
resumed as soon as possible.
Student reactions to this disci-plinary
action were varied. Some
raised questions concerning health
regulations governing the removal
of trays
It has become apparent in the last few weeks that many
CLARION readers think that the CLARION supports or advo-cates
all opinions, ideas or situations which appear on its
pages. People who think this are misunderstanding the motives
of the newspaper staff.
Because the CLARION is the only newspaper on campus,
having a monopoly of the press, its staff does not feel that
it can justify using agreement with personal opinion as the
criteria for publishing an article.
When the editors choose whether or not to put something
into print, they do not ask themselves, "Does this statement
agree with my own ideas?" But they do ask themselves "Is
this statement of significance to the campus community which
the CLARION serves?"
By "significance" they mean that the opinion, idea or
situation in question is either of interest to people living and
working on a Christian liberal arts campus or it is information
needed for making decisions.
Admittedly, newspaper editors do make value judgments
about the kinds of things they publish, but the judgment is
not so much what people should think but what they should
know.
Now the editor does reserve some space to express his
personal opinion and to try to convince his readers to agree
with him—that's what I'm doing right here.
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Page 2 President Reports Pros, Cons
Editor Defines Motives, Of Federal Aid to Education
Purposes of Newspaper
the CLARION Wednesday, December 9, 1964
Excerpts from "President's Report '63-64"
The increasing influence of the Federal Govern-ment
in education can be seen by the fact that last
year it paid eighteen per cent of the total operating
costs of higher education in America.
As a matter of policy, Federal agencies have
not often, if ever, sought to distinguish between
public and church related schools at the level of
higher education. They have viewed higher education
as a whole and have made benefits equally available
to both types of institutions.
Nevertheless, the implications for the church-related
college in taking advantage of this Federal
generosity needs to be explored carefully. Federal
aid for Bethel must be evaluated essentially in the
light of its religious significance.
Even Baptist institutions are not related alike to
their parent bodies. Few are like Bethel in being
linked organizationally so directly to their supporting
church groups that their very life depends upon
annual action by the denomination.
While the issues raised by availability of Fed-eral
aid to higher education are legitimate concerns
of all types of Baptist institutions, they probably are
more crucial for those operating under the greatest
amount of church control. Certainly such a college
can be seen clearly as a religious institution as well
as an educational one and thus as an instrument
of the church.
To what extent ought Bethel to participate in
the various forms of Federal aid now open to it?
Any answer to this question must come from con-sideration
of each form of government assistance.
CONTRACTURAL SERVICE. This includes outright
grants for research and service under such agencies
as the National Science Foundation, the Atomic
Energy Commission and R.O.T.C. It normally is
viewed as contract for service rendered to the gov-ernment
and constitutes a simple business arrange-ment.
The state is actually subsidized by the church
rather than the church by the state.
There are two practical dangers in this arrange-ment
that must be guarded against. Gradual changes
may take place in the curriculum in order to make
the school eligible for such contracts. Currently the
demand calls for a greater emphasis upon science
than upon the humanities which traditionally have
bulwarked the religious objectives of an undergra-duate
program.
Also, financial reliance may be developed upon
government contracts to such an extent that the
very life of the institutions may be threatened if
and when they are terminated.
FEDERAL LOANS. Since 1951 the Federal gov-ernment
has made available two billion dollars in
loans to help colleges and universities expand their
physical facilities. These loans have been for the
construction of dormitories and other self amortiz-ing
buildings that would eventually be repaid out
of student fees.
While this put the government a little more
deeply into the banking business, the granting of
such loans has not necessarily constituted a breach
in the wall of separation of church and state. Orrin
Cornent, a staff member of the Office of Education
and a Baptist familiar with our church-state con-cerns,
has insisted that no actual subsidy is involved.
Because of the government's ability to borrow
money at prime rates lower than commercial in-stitutions
and the lack of necessity of making a
profit, a net advantage can accrue to participating
non-profit organizations without this constituting a
subsidy.
It is on this basis that Bethel financed the last
two dormitory additions on its present campus by
borrowing $350,000 from the Federal government.
Most of its long-range planning has been done on
the presumption that up to $5 mil-lion
of similar funds would be
borrowed for the new campus.
OUTRIGHT FEDERAL GRANTS.
This includes money which ha4
been available for the purchase of
equipment under the National Sci-ence
Foundation program and
funds that will soon be available
under the terms of the Education-al
Facilities Act.
These could be applied to cer-tain
buildings not used for re-ligious
functions. But, in a bibli-cal
view of life, can one separate
the religious from the non-re-ligious
in our kind of school.
Can courses in such fields as the
biological sciences, which are
considered by the government
to be non-religious in nature, be
taught on a Christian campus a-part
from a theistic and biblical
viewpoint? Is not this biblical
integration the very "raison
d'etre" of schools such as Bethel?
Moreover, even if such a sep-aration
between the religious and
the academic were possible so that
cont'd. on page 3
by John Halvorsen
United Nations ...
The General Assembly opened
its 1964 session after having nar-rowly
avoided a long-threatened
showdown between the United
States and Russia over unpaid
Soviet assessments. The clash was
averted by a plan to by-pass vot-ing.
NATO ...
A new and sharp discrepancy
between NATO and France was
disclosed in Paris when Defense
Minister Pierre Messmer announc-ed
that if France's territory was
ever attacked by a major enemy
force, she would automatically re-taliate
with her nuclear weapons.
Vietnam ...
President Johnson discussed pro-posals
for expanding the war in
Vietnam, then directed Ambassa-dor
Maxwell D. Taylor to "consult
urgently" with the Government of
South Vietnam on measures to
improve the anti-Communist strug-gle
within that nation.
Congo ...
The Congolese Government is
winning back control of the deso-lated
former rebel capital of
Stanleyville with rocket attacks on
rebel troops and a roundup of
10,000 Africans there in a secur-ity
check.
Civil Rights ...
Federal agents swept into sev-eral
Mississippi towns to make ar-rests
in connection with the slay-ing
of three civil rights workers
last summer. A Mississippi sheriff
and his deputy were among the
more than twenty picked up.
Minnesota Reapportionment ...
The current apportionment of
Minnesota legislative districts was
ruled unconstitutional by a panel
of three United States judges. The
ruling directed the 1965 legislature
to adjust district boundaries so
state senators and representatives
will represent approximately the
same number of constituents.
Dear Editor:
I was fascinated by Dave Buck's
article on "Problem Areas in Min-istry
to Modern World" in the
Volume XL—No. 10 issue of THE
CLARION incorrectly dated Dec.
25, 1964.
I am inclined to believe that
the church is not as bad as Buck
seems to think that it is.
The place of the church in sex
education is still an open question.
True, the church must be conver-sant
with problems of morality
such as this and seek to give edu-cation
and leadership as may seem
necessary. However, the church is
not primarily a zoology classroom,
C.Y.F. materials coming out of
Rev. Gunnar Hoglund's office in
Chicago have, at least, begun to
give help in this area. There are
many other indications that many
churches are seeking to deal with
this matter openly and honestly.
Much could be said about the
other points of criticism which
Buck raises, but time will not per-mit
extensive consideration. How-ever,
in my own situation here I
attempted to deal with Sartre's
philosophy in a recent sermon.
There is one bright and yet tra-gic
spot in the article—Buck clas-sifies
himself as a Christian as
one who chooses to remain with
the group who "remain phonies."
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth E. Kolmodin
Pastor of Minneonka Baptist
Church
Miksa Objects
Dear Editor:
Regarding Dave Buck's article
on the failure of the Church to-ward
the individual, I make these
observations: The essence of his
criticism was that the Church does
not understand "me" within the
modern world that "I" see. In not
understanding who "I" am, it can
neither minister to me nor can
it help me to find my ministry
within its framework.
There is no missing the fact
that this sort of criticism finds a
ready forum at Bethel, a good in-dication
that students have a holy
uneasiness. The publications, the
Senate controversies, the fine arts
and the valedictory addresses evi-dence
this. What is missing is the
next logical step; that is, ministry.
We are often harsh with our
tradition. It is to be expected.
Of course, we should not sell
our tradition too short. It has
come through hard times along
with the rest of the American
Church.
Controversy, the atomic age, mo-dern
political warfare, shifting
philosophical foundations and af-fluency
have all taken their toll.
In addition it has turned from
provincialism to the modern soc-iety.
But, rightly, we must be hon-est
about its irrelevance.
But the answer can never be as
simple as the let-down paragraph
so many of our criticisms suggest:
"Well, every man shift for himself."
"Let us re-evaluate our faith-re-vamp
it." Our faith is not a com-modity
that we manipulate. It is
ethical man before God and among
This is not specifically an ad-vertisement
for Seminary recruit-ment,
although God knows we need
that. But my observation is simply
this: That criticism, if serious, sug-gests
the knowledge of responsi-bility.
It is not enough to suggest
an individualist answer with over-tones
of the platitudes of sacrifice.
The next logical step from criti-cism
is ministry.
Corrects Letter
Dear Editor:
I was in error when I mention-ed
in a previous letter that a
letter had been sent to Miss Wells'
parents. No such letter had been
sent. For this misconception on
my part, I apologize. However, this
does not in any way change the
import of my letter that a stu-dent's
right to criticize should be
upheld by everyone.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Rynkiewich
Like Festival
Dear Editor:
We would like to take this op-portunity
to extend our apprecia-tion
to the Festival Choir for a
most magnificent concert. This
truly was a Christian witness wor-thy
of compliment.
Thank you,
J. David Patterson
Bernie E. Johnson
Wednesday, December 9
Intramural basketball. Fieldhouse. 7 p.m.
Friday, December 11
Convocation. Buttrick. Fieldhouse. 10 a.m.
Col lege aud. 7 p.m.
Basketball. Northwestern. Fieldhouse. 8
p.m.
Saturday, December 12
Sophomore work day.
Wrestling. St. Paul Bible.
Basketball. Sioux Falls. Fieldhouse. 8 p.m.
Monday, December 14
W.M.F. President's dining room. 6 p.m.
Senate. Col lege aud. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15
Convocation. Wati. Fieldhouse. 10 a.m.
Basketball. Stout State.
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Letters to the Editor:
Pastor Takes Issue with 'Cited Problems'
men. It is "we" fully responsible
within the holy community.
"We" respond by ministry in
its many forms and in all its
creative energy. And we respond
knowing that the call of God is
first to his purposes and then
to a vocation that gives adequate
outlet for those purposes as they
exist within our lives. Why not
then respond by ministry within
that tradition?
Sincerely
Francis Miksa
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Student Teachers Integrate
Knowledge with Experience
"The new system promises to be
a big step forward in up-grading
our teacher education program at
Bethel," Dr. Junet Runbeck said
about the new professional semes-ter
system being initiated for stu-dent
teachers at the secondary
level.
Next year the first senior semes-ter
will be divided into two eight
and a half week periods. Begin-ning
with the opening of public
schools in September, student tea-chers
may spend the first half of
the semester solely in observing
and teaching.
During the second eight and a
half week period students will re-sume
courses such as a senior
Christianity study or an indepen-dent
study in their major field.
However, the block of curriculum
during the second half of the sem-ester
would be very concentrated
to meet the requirements of the
course. For example, a three credit
Christianity course would meet
Monday through Friday.
A concurrent schedule of course
study first, and then, student tea-weait
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classroom knowledge with practi-cal
experience, it creates a situa-tion
in which prospective teachers
examine a classroom situation
from the other side of the podium,
testing one's capabilities in bring-ing
the subject matter to the stu-dent.
"I thought I would be able to
cover a lot more material than I
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one could underwrite a science
building with Federal funds be-cause
religion is not taught in it,
would this not free church funds
for the construction of a chapel
and other religious buildings?
Also, it must be remembered
that the ultimate issue of poten-tial
Federal control has not been
resolved. It seems almost inevitable
that the religious concerns of pri-vate
institutions availing them-selves
of Federal grants will face
at some time the possibility of
Federal influence or control.
This has been evidenced al-ready
in hospitals using Federal
grants under the Hill .Burton act.
By declining to review a case
decided by the U.S. Court of
Appeals, the Supreme Court said
recently that private hospitals
that have received Hill-Burton
grants must be regulated by pub-lic
policy regarding discrimina-tion.
While I am glad for every hos-pital
that is open to Negro patients
and doctors, it seems to me that
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can," says Carole Lundquist, prac-tice
teacher at Central High in
St. Paul. "I find that I have to go
at a much slower pace than I'm
used to from college level work.
Carole is teaching English to a
lower ability group at Central,
generally from lower-income brac-ket
families. Some of the stu-dents
have been in detention
homes and almost every week one
of her students is suspended from
school.
"I have been exposed to some
almost unbelievable family situa-tions,"
says Carole. At least half
of the parents of the students in
her classes are divorced.
As the result of a creative writ-ing
unit which the class had she
was made keenly aware of some
of the real-life situations of her
students. As an example, she re-calls
one girl writing about see-ing
her drunken boyfriend smash-ed
between two cars and killed.
When asked if or how her ex-perience
has affected her plans to
teach Carole replied "I was never
really sure—and I'm still not now.
I don't really love it that much."
From her student teaching she has
gained a lot of respect for high
school teachers. According to
Carole they need "a lot of energy
and a good sense of humor."
Bill Carlson is student teaching
at Sibly High in West St. Paul
under a type of program called
"team teaching." Every Tuesday
and Thursday he has small dis-cussion
groups of the 11th grade
European history course. These
groups are divided by achievement
and Bill has the "C" group, in
which a concentration is placed on
the basic material.
When asked about his first day
with the class Bill admitted it did
"throw" him a little when after
about fifteen minutes the assist-ant
principal came in with seven
other high school principals "to
observe the team teaching meth-od."
His general impression of
his teaching experience is that
"on the whole it has been just
great."
ching during the second eight and
a half weeks will also run during
the professional semester. The
Education Department already has
elementary education courses in a
professional semester. Such a
block of courses is also open to
those not majoring in education.
Advantages for the professional
semester are numerous according
to Dr. Runbeck. First, student
teaching won't interfere with choir
tour, drama tours or other second
semester activities. Second, the
student, finished with his student
teaching, can make early applica-tion
for a teaching position. And
third, while student teaching, the
student won't have to prepare for
other classes and tests.
with Ron Harris
The Pep Band struck up the Gillette "Look Sharp" song, the Royal
Lion made his first appearance, but neither could erase the uneasy
feeling that one gets before the first home game. Little sweat beads
form on your palms, you shift restlessly in your seat watching the
team go through their opening warm-ups. All your hope rests with
them. If they do well, you yell your approval; if they falter, you
sympathize.
There was room for both in the second home basketball game.
There were flashes of brilliance and tedious low points. Co-captains
Don Moore and Jerry Moulton, along with Bob Nolin, Dave Bjorklund
and Rich Nelson made up the starting five. They moved well, got the
open shots, but missed.
Time and again the Luther defense teamed up on Moore, the
Royal's big center. Ofensively, they utilized an overloaded baseline
to score fairly consistently. In the second half, when the Royals
caught on to the baseline play, the Iowans suddenly shifted and hit
outside shots like they were going out of style.
Now here is the brilliant thing: The Royals continued to fight!
George Palke, who was never better, came off the bench early and
personally kept the St. Paul Club in the ball game. Edgar Peterman
was all over the court, as was Doug Kelly, the other reserve guard.
Dick Robertson, the only freshman on the team, came in and did a
fine job.
At times in the second half no one could have touched the
Royals. It was as if Healy had set a match under them and they
ignited. The result was a well-earned 76-75 victory. When a ball team
doesn't quit, in spite of nervous mistakes, errors, etc., it deserves
recognition.
If the Royals' play is to be commended, the fans deserve absolutely
nothing. It is a fine thing to talk about sportsmanship, Christian testi-mony
and all the rest, but it is apparently quite another matter when
it comes to your team's winning or losing.
Two or three times Luther men were at the free throw line in
the last minute of play and the fans were simply obnoxious. They
booed, shouted and stamped their feet. When Bjorklund and Palke
went to the line for Bethel, silence swept the gym. I am ashamed that
Bethel is represented in this manner. Some testimony!
Firing a jump shot is Rich Nelson, forward on the Bethel basket-ball
team. The occasion was one of numerous scrimmages the Royals
played before the season officially began. The Royals are now 3-1 for
the season and they face challengers from Northwestern and Sioux Falls
this weekend.
Grapplers Stumble at Concordia,
Macalester in Opening Matches
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The Bethel Royals basketball
team encountered a strong La-
Crosse, Wisconsin five in the
opening game of the season, losing
99-79.
Bethel bouncel back three nights
later and pulled a close ball game
out of the fire in the waning sec-onds
to defeat Luther of Iowa,
76-75.
The Royals drew first blood
after Don Moore's tip to Bob
Nolin to begin the action. Mid-way
through the first half Bethel
had fallen behind 19-9, but fine
shots by Palke, Moore and Nolin
pulled the Royals to a 22-17 defi-cit.
The Norsemen, not to be out-done,
started a resurgence of their
own, but the Royals kept in close
pursuit. Short shots by Dick Rob-ertson,
Palke and Moore brought
the Royals within one point, 28-27.
Dave Bjorklund hit two free
throws to bring the Royals to a
31-29 score, but Luther then
jumped off to a quick 37-29 mar-gin
on two fast breaks and a
pair of free throws. Bjorklund
canned two more gift shots to
make the halftime score 43-33.
Coach Healy's fired-up hustlers
came out for the second half with
a new display of spirit and show-manship
which eventually turned
the tide.
Nolin popped in six points,
Ron Nelson tipped a two pointer
and then flipped in a turn-around
jumper. Palke threw in two
more from the charity stripe
and the Royals found themselves
only one point behind, 50-49.
The Iowans perked up their de-fense
and stole the ball three
times, fast broke and pulled a-head,
56-52.
The determined Royals slow-ly
whittled away until with only
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2:35 remaining they shaved the
margin to 70-68. Peterman stole
the ball, dribbled alone down the
court and tied the score. Bedlam
broke loose in the stands.
Luther proved they weren't
through by scoring two points the
next time down court. Palke scor-ed
in grand style with a turn a-round
jump shot, followed by Doug
Kelly's steal and the Royals jump-ed
ahead, 74-72.
Palke went to the line with a
one and one situation and missed
the first shot, but big Moore re-bounded
and flipped the ball in
to cement the victory. Final?
Bethel 76, Luther 75.
The Royal's wrestling team open-ed
the season against Macalester
by dropping a 19-12 meet.
Bob Baffa, wrestling in the 123
lb. division, and Doug Holm in the
Gibson Named
NAIA All-Star
Duane Gibson, a three year let-terman
on the Bethel football team
has been selected end on the 1964
National Association of Intercolleg-iate
Athletics (NAIA) District 13
(Minnesota) All-Star football team.
Players from the Minnesota In-tercollegiate
Athletic Conference
dominated the two teams, a total
of 13 being chosen. Bemidji State,
Concordia and St. John's dominat-ed
the number chosen.
Gibson, who caught seven touch-down
passes this year, was the
only person chosen from the Pio-neer
Conference. The other offen-sive
end chosen was Paul Brynte-son,
a standout member of Con-cordia's
unbeaten Cobbers.
130 lb. class, were pinned. Loren
Christiansen gained a 2-0 victory
in the 137 lb. division while Doug
King lost 3-0 in the 147 lb. bracket.
Steve Pearson won handily 7-0.
John Benson lost 4 to 3, as did
Denny Rossi by the same score.
The winning tide was turned
by Warren Johnson who won a
2-0 decision in the 191 weight
class. Leroy Nelson duplicated
Johnson's score as he outlasted
his opponent.
The Royals grappled against
Concordia on Saturday and were
Cagers Await
Weekend Games
The Bethel Royals basketball
team will be seeking to extend its
three game winning streak this
week-end, when they face North-western
of Iowa and Sioux Falls
College. The games are scheduled
for Friday and Saturday nights re-spectively,
and will begin at 8 p.m.
in the fieldhouse.
The Royals, suffering only one
setback thus far, have defeated
Luther College, Northwestern and
Sioux Falls. Playing Northwestern
and Sioux Falls on consecutive
week-ends, the Royals will be at-tempting
a re-run of their pre-vious
two victories.
The Bethel cagers racked up 92
points, their highest of the sea-son,
in defeating Sioux Falls, and
if the repeat performance matches
that total, this week-end should
be a great one for basketball lov-ers.
again defeated, this time 16-12.
Bethel dropped the first two
matches as Bob Baffa was beat-en
7-4 and Denny Wengt was
pinned in the third period. The
Royals then won three in a row,
as co-captains Ron Harris and
Doug King began to turn the
tide. Harris won 5-3 and King
outscored his opponent 3-1. Steve
Pearson then won a 3-1 decision.
John Benson, wrestling in the
167 lb. division, lost 9-5 and Denny
Rossi was pinned in the second
period. Warren Johnson had a bye,
but Leroy Nelson outlasted his foe
for a 2-0 decision.
The first home meet will be
held Friday, Dec. 11, in the gym-nasium
against St. Paul Bible Col-lege.
The meet will begin at 4 p.m.
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